This week we are excited to introduce you to our sister company Luv Life Coaching! A passion to support the healing and well-being of others is the seed that started us both on this incredible journey with The Cedars Ranch. Luv Life Coaching is part of that vision - helping equip couples with the tools to develop wonderful fulfilling life-long partnerships.The decision to create Luv Life Coaching with its couples coaching programs was fueled by having directly experienced the pain that unhealthy... Read More...

For the past few weeks Marisa Negri has been volunteering every Wednesday at The Cedars Ranch, helping our gardener Paige Dunlap. This week we go behind-the-scenes with Marisa! Here she is pruning some flowers in our garden …We met Marisa one evening when Bill and I were out for dinner. Read More...

We’ve got another exciting reveal for you this week!! Our local architects, HA Architecture have been working on producing a rendering for the inside of our dance hall. Here’s Jamie mid creative process …Here is the newest dance hall design …We love seeing these spaces come to life! Read More...

We here at The Cedars Ranch have been busy developing a schedule of speakers, programs and events for our first year of operation, i.e. September 2018 – September 2019. Up until now, we have mostly been focusing on the wedding market, but The Cedars Ranch will offer much more than a place for wedding and celebration. It's super exciting for us to start to strategize and plan for our first year. Read More...

Great news! Borrowed & Blue, a popular national go-to wedding planning website, has just published our style shoot, entitled "Rustic Wine-Hued Romance Styled Shoot’s Wedding". Here's the link to check it out: https://www.borrowedandblue.com/us/weddings/rustic-wine-hued-romance-styled-shootNot only that, they loved it so much that, in their words:"We have selected this gem as the creme de la creme ... Read More...

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who shared their ad image preferences with us this week! It has been so much fun to see you all cast your votes and read your comments, whether on facebook or via email. We loved hearing from everyone.So the votes have been counted! Read More...

This week we have a fun interactive activity! We would really like for you to help us choose the best magazine ad image and design to move forward with. We are gearing up for the Fall 2017 issue of the Texas Wedding Guide and The Knot Texas Spring/Summer 2018 issue. Read More...

Sunday was a big and busy Bridal Extravaganza day for us! We exhibited The Cedars Ranch at the San Antonio Bridal Extravaganza. This was our first time exhibiting at the San Antonio show, having exhibited twice previously at the Austin Bridal Extravaganza. Read More...

Welcome back to the final part of our wedding style shoot exposé. A big thank you again to Sydney from Olive and Belle events and Dreamy Elk Photography, as well as all our other amazing style shoot wedding vendors!Have we saved the best for last? You can be the judge of that!This photo took our breath away ... We love the whimsical and elegant feel of these shots, and the gorgeous radiant early evening light at the ranch.Style shoot models Aubrey Moore and Bailey Hamer are wearing dresses ... Read More...

Welcome back to part 2 of our 3-part wedding style shoot exposé. A big thank you again to Sydney from Olive and Belle events and Dreamy Elk Photography, as well as all our other wonderful style shoot wedding vendors!This week our gorgeous wedding style shoot photos take an adventurous and bohemian turn!The Photo Bus came to join the party! This bright and shiny red VW van functions as a hip and trendy photo booth for weddings. Read More...

Our official wedding style shoot photos are back! And they are AMAZING!! There are so many gorgeous images to show you and awesome wedding vendors to mention, that we’ll need 3 blog posts to share everything with you! Read More...

What a wonderful day we had on Saturday, being one of the featured gardens on The Wimberley Garden Club's annual Garden Tour!We had a steady stream of visitors all day. In the words of our friend Paige Dunlap, who’s our gardener here at The Cedars: “I felt that many people were very inspired and lit up when they entered the garden. Even though we are very new on the scene, I felt well received by the community.” Here’s some Wimberley Garden Tour visitors enjoying our garden …Thanks to ... Read More...

We attended our first ever black tie masquerade ball this week! To say we were excited, was an understatement!The wonderful people that run The Bridal Extravaganza and produce the Austin Wedding Guide were hosting a 30th anniversary celebration of their bridal show and magazine. What a phenomenal event!Held at Onion Creek Ballroom in Austin, the event kicked off with decadent cocktails and eclectic entertainers, followed by an evening of delicious food, live music and dancing, along with plenty ... Read More...

What a fun blogpost we have to share with you this week! The Cedars Ranch hosted its first wedding style shoot last Thursday! A huge thank you to Sydney Campbell of Olive and Belle and the many incredible wedding vendors and models who made it all happen. Read More...

We start this week by thanking everyone who participated in our Open House this Sunday, and helped make it happen! Thank you to all our wonderful wedding vendors, and a huge THANK YOU to Kimberley Bentley, from Silver Thistle Weddings and Events, who coordinated the whole event. What a beautiful and inspiring day she envisioned and then created for The Cedars Ranch's first Open House!Here’s Kimberley (on the left) with our super supportive Bridal Extravaganza / Austin Wedding Guide representativ... Read More...

Wishing you all a very Happy Valentine’s Day! Here is a little Valentine’s offering to you all: some beautiful flowers fresh from our garden …Love is in the air this week, as we continue our countdown to our Open House for our future wedding venue! This Sunday, February 19th, will see The Cedars Ranch open it’s gates to the public, among them, newly engaged couples looking for a wedding venue for 2018 and beyond! Read More...

This week, we are all about preparing for our upcoming Open House!! The countdown is on to Sunday February 19th! This will be the first event held at The Cedars Ranch, and we’re really excited to be offering this “sneak peek” of our future wedding venue to the public!Of course, we would LOVE to see you all there! Read More...

This weekend was a busy one for The Cedars Ranch team. All day Saturday and Sunday, we were exhibiting The Cedars Ranch at Austin's largest wedding show, the "Bridal Extravaganza", in the Palmer Events Center. We had a great 2 days, and met lots of wonderful couples, families and other wedding vendors. Read More...

This week we share some photos from our local architect Jamie Crawley, HA Architecture. He paid us a visit at The Cedars to check out progress with the maintenance shed and garden."It's a great day for a Texas Hill Country excursion and project site visit. The Cedars Ranch is a 20 acre green wedding venue we are fortunate to be a part of with our collaborators Acre Architects of New Brunswick. Read More...

In choosing products and materials for our future home and event venue, it is helpful to learn about which product lines are greener, and why. This week brought the opportunity to learn from specialists at BMC at their Design Center. What makes a product "Eco-friendly"? There are so many angles to consider:How far does the product travel?How much of the product is made from recycled material or easily renewable material?What are the practices of the business that make them greener... Read More...

Well it’s been a quite week this week! Following the flurry and excitement of the concrete pour last Monday …… everything has been laying low since then! The new slab is looking great, and the construction team are happy that the concrete finish appears to be the “right” color!The next step this week is the dismantling of the shed shack for it’s relocation to our beautiful new foundation!In other news, we have just signed up to exhibit The Cedars Ranch at th... Read More...